diff --git a/app/models/widget/card.rb b/app/models/widget/card.rb
index bd5ed98ea..a07920b35 100644
--- a/app/models/widget/card.rb
+++ b/app/models/widget/card.rb
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ class Widget::Card < ApplicationRecord
   validates :link_url, presence: true, if: -> { !header? || link_text.present? }
   validates :order, numericality: { greater_than_or_equal_to: 1 }
 
+  scope :sort_by_order, -> { order(:order, :created_at) }
+
   def self.header
     where(header: true)
   end
 
   def self.body
-    where(header: false, cardable_id: nil).order(:created_at)
+    where(header: false, cardable_id: nil).sort_by_order
   end
 
   def header_or_sdg_header?
diff --git a/spec/models/widget/card_spec.rb b/spec/models/widget/card_spec.rb
index f953fcb1e..776b7f2aa 100644
--- a/spec/models/widget/card_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/widget/card_spec.rb
@@ -86,5 +86,14 @@ describe Widget::Card do
       expect(Widget::Card.body).not_to include(header)
       expect(Widget::Card.body).not_to include(page_card)
     end
+
+    it "returns cards sorted by defined order, then by 'created_at' when order is equal" do
+      card1 = create(:widget_card, order: 1)
+      card2 = create(:widget_card, order: 3)
+      card3 = create(:widget_card, order: 2)
+      card4 = create(:widget_card, order: 3)
+
+      expect(Widget::Card.body).to eq [card1, card3, card2, card4]
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/system/home_spec.rb b/spec/system/home_spec.rb
index 3234d9178..2efff1af1 100644
--- a/spec/system/home_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/home_spec.rb
@@ -143,6 +143,21 @@ describe "Home" do
     expect(page).not_to have_css(".title", text: "Featured")
   end
 
+  scenario "cards are first sorted by 'order' field, then by 'created_at' when order is equal" do
+    create(:widget_card, title: "Card one", order: 1)
+    create(:widget_card, title: "Card two", order: 3)
+    create(:widget_card, title: "Card three", order: 2)
+    create(:widget_card, title: "Card four", order: 3)
+
+    visit root_path
+
+    within(".cards-container") do
+      expect("CARD ONE").to appear_before("CARD THREE")
+      expect("CARD THREE").to appear_before("CARD TWO")
+      expect("CARD TWO").to appear_before("CARD FOUR")
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "Header Card" do
     scenario "if there is header card with link, the link content is rendered" do
       create(:widget_card, :header, link_text: "Link text", link_url: "consul.dev")